1559 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1559?
- January 15, 1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
- April 3, 1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- May 2, 1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
- June 30, 1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
- August 22, 1559 – Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
Who Were Born In The Year 1559?
- February 18, 1559 – Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (d. 1614)
- July 22, 1559 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
- September 21, 1559 – Cigoli, Florentine painter, architect, and sculptor (d. 1613)
- November 15, 1559 – Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (d. 1621)
Who Died In The Year 1559?
- January 1, 1559 – Christian III of Denmark and Norway (b. 1503)
- January 25, 1559 – King Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481)
- March 16, 1559 – Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
- March 23, 1559 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle)
- March 30, 1559 – Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
- July 10, 1559 – King Henry II of France (b. 1519)
- August 18, 1559 – Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
- September 7, 1559 – Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
- September 10, 1559 – Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
- October 2, 1559 – Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
- November 5, 1559 – Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
- November 18, 1559 – Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)
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